The Green Papers: American Samoa 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Gubernatoral Runoff (if necessary): Tuesday 18 November 2008
Governor:0 
Senators:0 
2002-2010 Representatives:0(0.00% of 435)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000): 
Capital:Fagatogo (formerly "Pago Pago")
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 6:00a AST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p AST (0500 UTC).
Tuesday 18 November 2008 polling hours 6:00a AST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p AST (0500 UTC).
 

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American Samoa State and Local Government

American Samoa 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


Political parties are not officially utilized in elections in American Samoa.

Should no candidate receive 50% of the vote in the Tuesday 4 November General Election, the two top vote-getters will participate in a Runoff to be held on Tuesday 18 November 2008.

 
           

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Territorial Governor

Seat up for election Democratic Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono
Acting Goveror: 2003 (remaining officially Lieutenant Governor after the death of Governor Tauese Sunia on 26 March 2003). First elected to a full term: 2004.
Lt. Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
 The current Administration informally identifies itself with the US Democrats. The major opponents to the Sunia/Tulafono ticket in both 1996 and 2000 and to the Tulafono/Sunia ticket in 2004 identified themselves as "Independent" although they have ties to the US Republican Party.

Delegate to the House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2008. Elections in American Samoa are officially non-partisan.

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Seat up for election
Democratic Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega
First elected: 1988; re-elected 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004; 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     FualA'Au Rosie Tago Lancaster
FEC H8AS00052: Financial report not available
  Candidate Nonpartisan; (Republican)     Aumua Amata (Amata Coleman Radewagen) Coleman
FEC H4AS00036: $27,881
  Candidate Nonpartisan; (Democratic)     Territorial Delegate Eni F.H. Faleomavaega
FEC H0AS00018: $31,120

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 1 candidate
  Republican: 1 candidate
Independents
  No Party Affiliation: 1 candidate
  Nonpartisan: 2 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  American Samoa Election Office
  American Samoa Election Office
  American Samoa Government
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  American Samoa Goverment Listings - Legislative Branch - FONO
Democratic
  Democratic Party of American Samoa; P.O. Box 5169; Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799; 684/633-4656; Fax 684/633-1638
Republican
  Republican Party of American Samoa; P.O. Box 3564; Pago Pago, AS 96799; (684) 622-7848; Fax (684) 633-4149
Media & others
  American Samoa, History, Tourism, Culture, Politics - AmSamoa.NET
  DC's Political Report - American Samoa
  Manuatele.NET - Manu'a - American Samoa
  Politics1.com - American Samoa
  Samoa News
  Samoa Observer
  Samoanet.com

 


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